Buying a house is super stressful. I remember hearing that a long time ago. And since then, we have completed a few home buying transactions. But the one we have been going through is far more stress than any other I have experienced. When we got our offer and our moving package, I thought using a relo company would make thing simpler. More streamlined. Less intrusive. What the reality has been is very far from that. Constant emails with please print, sign and return these now, and call me to discuss-es. It has been a constant stream of paper and email, words and agitation. On top of that, we were told an approximate number for cash on hand, which is not the actual. And I buffered, but not enough. .So now I am scrambling to find that extra by  Monday. Fun times. I am ready to get into our new home. I am so done with this process.

When we first got here and moved into our temporary residence, it felt kind of like an extended vacation. A small apartment, all of us together, unfamiliar furnishings.....and to add to that feel, there were plenty of items that I should have packed but didn't. Plenty of things we would need for our "visit" that never occurred to me. Like, long sleeve clothing. Jeans. Socks. I am not sure what I was doing when I packed for this adventure, but I surely wasn't using my brain. I chalk it up to the stress of leaving home in a really condensed time frame. Still. Almost two months in now, and we have spent plenty of money to make up for the absence of the necessities I left behind. And now in one week our temproary situation comes to an end. Back to reality. Back to a home. Back to every kid having a place to go. Back to larger than one thousand square feet for six of us. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE VACATION TO END.